1. Western Expansion
Manifest Destiny

2. Fur Trade
Beaver Pelts

3. Hats

4. Rendezvous

5. Mountain Man Rendezvous
1826 to 1840
Trade and Barter
for goods.
Many of the mountain-
men left without much
more than supplies for
the coming year

7. John Colter Member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition Colter’s Hell
Yellowstone

8. Colter’s Run

9. Manifest Destiny
historical expansionist doctrine: the doctrine or belief prevalent in the 19th century that the United States had the God-given right to expand into and possess the whole of the North American continent

10. James Monroe 5th President of the United States Missouri Compromise
Monroe Doctrine

11. The Monroe Doctrine
Nations in the Western Hemisphere were inherently different than those of Europe, republics by nature rather than monarchies.
The American continents (North and South) should not be considered for future colonization by any European power.

12. The Monroe Doctrine
The United States would regard any attack on Country in the Western Hemisphere by European Powers as an attack on the United States.
The United States would not interfere in European affairs.

13. Eli Whitney’s invention of the Cotton Gin led to the spread of the slavery-based “cotton kingdom” in the Deep South.
Eli Whitney
Cotton Gin

14. Westward Expansion
American settlers moved westward from the coastal states into the Midwest, Southwest, and Texas, seeking economic opportunity in the form of land to own and farm.
The growth of the railroads and canals helped the growth of an industrial economy and supported the westward movement of settlers.

15. Missouri Compromise
Acquisition of Florida in 1819

16. Missouri Compromise
Admission of Maine into the Union in 1820